Skiing in Winter: Stop Before the Fence
A Spanish A1 story. On a small slope, someone wants to stop standing before a blue fence. The first try ends in the snow. The second uses a wedge and stops one meter short.
El esquí en invierno
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What you'll learn
Present tense, the verb querer, and simple words for skis, snow, and a wedge stop.
The narrator wants to reach a cousin at a blue fence without sitting in the snow. Red skis run parallel, too fast, and the narrator falls. The cousin walks them a few steps up and says the tips look at each other and the tails open. On the next run the wedge slows them. They stop standing one meter before the fence, and the cousin returns the pole.
After reading
Article learning block
Phrases, words, grammar, and quick practice from this text.
Phrases for training
Add useful phrases to SRS or mark them as already known.
va a los Pirineos
newgoes to the Pyrenees
Va a + place: ir in third person singular (va) before a region name.
Core action at the start of the ski trip story.
la nieve cubre las montañas
newsnow covers the mountains
Cubre is present tense of cubrir; montañas is plural.
Vivid description of the winter mountain landscape.
toman un teleférico
newthey take a cable car
Toman is tomar for la familia (they): to use or get on transport.
Typical morning activity at a ski resort.
la zona verde
newgreen zone (easiest slope)
Zona verde marks the easiest slope for beginners.
Important ski resort term for beginners.
practica el freno en cuña
newpractices the wedge brake
Practica is regular present; freno en cuña is the basic ski stop technique.
Ski vocabulary from Ana's lesson with the instructor.
baja como el viento
newgoes down like the wind
Baja (bajar) + como el viento compares speed on the slope.
Figurative phrase about advanced skier Diego.
desciende su primera pista azul
newgoes down her first blue slope
Desciende is bajar in third person; pista azul is an intermediate trail.
Highlights Ana's progress at the end of the day.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Skiing
esquí
skiing / ski sport
Viaje de esquí is a trip to ski; core winter sport vocabulary.
Central topic of this winter sports article.
Snow
nieve
snow
Nieve cubre las montañas shows snow as the main winter landscape element.
Basic word for describing mountains in winter.
Mountain
montaña
mountain
Al pie de la montaña means at the foot of the mountain, typical hotel location.
Geography word for a mountain resort.
Instructor
instructor
instructor
Instructor joven la ayuda: a young instructor helps the beginner.
Role of the person teaching on the green zone.
Slope / trail
pista
slope / trail
Pistas rojas or azules mark difficulty levels at the resort.
Key word for describing ski routes.
Cable car
teleférico
cable car
Teleférico sube hasta la cima: it goes up to the summit.
Transport that lifts skiers before descending.
Valley
valle
valley
Todo el valle is the whole valley seen from the summit.
Word from the view after the cable car ride.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Estar: sky condition
El cielo está despejado y azul
the sky is clear and blue
Está + adjective (despejado, azul) describes current weather.
Typical estar for mountain weather.
Ir a: direction
va a los Pirineos
goes to the Pyrenees
Va is present tense of ir; a + los Pirineos shows movement toward a place.
Basic ir + a pattern for travel.
Reflexive: meet up
la familia se reúne en un restaurante
the family meets at a restaurant
Se reúne is reunirse: reflexive verb for gathering together.
Shows reflexive verb in the lunch scene.
Ser: definition
El esquí es su deporte familiar favorito
skiing is their favorite family sport
Es + deporte favorito uses ser for a lasting characteristic.
Closing sentence sums up the article theme.
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